Trump’s Bid to Stall Hush-Money Trial Until SCOTUS Immunity Decision Denied
A judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s last-minute effort to delay his hush-money trial until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on his presidential immunity claim in a separate case.
Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the former president’s criminal case in New York, rejected Trump’s motion to delay the start of his trial–which is scheduled for April 15–until the Supreme Court weighed in on Trump’s Washington D.C. election interference federal criminal case. While the Supreme Court may hear arguments for the issue later this month, it will likely not rule on the issue until June.
Merchan called the request “untimely” and criticized Trump’s attorneys for waiting until March to file such a request.